India has announced that it will launch its digital currency from 1 April. The digital rupee will be treated like banknotes. The authorities hope that its proliferation will give a big boost to the digital economy. India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India's central bank will launch a...

After nearly disappearing last winter, influenza has arguably made a comeback in Europe at a pace that is faster-than-expected , generating fears of a lengthy "twindemic" with Covid-19, as well as some reservations about the efficacy of flu vaccines.   During the Covid-19 epidemic,...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) wants to be able to develop the technology to carry hydrogen by ship by 2025, said an executive of the company. This is a part of the aim of the company to achieve a breakthrough in supplying a fuel that advocates tout as a major source of...

Doubts about the usefulness of a fourth booster dose of covid-19 vaccine were expressed by the drug regulator of the European Union and said that there is no evidence currently available to support a fourth booster dose while the regulator continued to seek more data on the fast spreading Omicron...

Although there has been an increase in Covid-19 cases in the megacities in India - Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata, without a commensurate increase in hospitalizations, fears are mounting that the virus will move to rural areas in the coming days.   On Thursday, India reported 90,928 new...

According to a Danish study published last week, the Omicron coronavirus variant is stronger at evading vaccinated people's immunity compared to the Delta variant, which may be the explanation of why the Omicron variant is spreading faster.   Scientists have been...

A new study has shown that a double dosage of Sinovac’s Cvodi-19 vaccine followed by a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is able to generate a lower immune response against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus compared to the efficacy generated against other variants of the virus....

Scientists of a new study emerging from South Africa claims to have discovered that an individual getting infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus also gains increased neutralizing immunity against the Delta variant, the strain of the coronavirus preceding Omicron and one that caused a...

According to a Danish study published on Wednesday, administering a third dosage of either Pfizer-or BioNTech's Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine provides a substantial boost in immunity against the Omicron variant in aged people.   The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, looked...